Creative evolution by Henri Bergson(
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Philosophical, metaphysical view of evolution

Matter and memory by Henri Bergson(
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2014
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Does spirit have a material basis? How does perception relate to memory and time? Does consciousness reflect the physical brain? Praised by William James and reputed to have influenced Proust, this towering 1911 work stands as one of Bergson's major works, a milestone of 20th-century philosophy in which he declares memory to be a spiritual thing, not just a location of nerves in the brain

Time and free will, an essay on the immediate data of consciousness by Henri Bergson(
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2014
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Bergson argues for free will by showing that the arguments against it come from a confusion of different conceptions of time. As opposed to physicists' idea of measurable time, in human experience life is perceived as a continuous and unmeasurable flow rather than as a succession of marked-off states of consciousness--something that can be measured not quantitatively, but only qualitatively. His conclusion is that free will is an observable fact

The creative mind by Henri Bergson(
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"This collection comprises ... two introductory essays written especially for it, and ... articles or lectures, mostly out of print, which appeared in France or in other countries. Taken as a whole, they date from the period between 1903 and 1923 ... [It] is a sequal to [a book which appeared in 1919 under the title L'energie spirituelle]"--Preface

An introduction to metaphysics by Henri Bergson(
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2012
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"This book is the key text for understanding the development of Bergson's thought from his early treatises on duration to the extension of this concept towards a general cosmology and an ethico-political ontology. In a new critical edition of this crucial work, the original authorised translation by T. E. Hulme has been restored and supplemented with new translations of Bergson's later amendments to the text, a guide to further reading and a new introduction."--BOOK JACKET

The two sources of morality and religion by Henri Bergson(
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1900
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2006
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In Henri Bergson's view, the world includes two opposing tendencies--life and matter. Life is dynamic, has force and will, and struggles for richness and complexity through and beyond matter. Matter is the congealed residue of creation that has already taken place and, according to the laws of nature, is in a gradual state of erosion. Morality and religion, Bergson shows in the present book, may be regarded in similar terms. They partake, on the one hand, of a static principle, combining nature's heritage and the accrual of past forms, and a dynamic principle through which morality and religion remain always in crisis, always alive to contingency and growth. In the course of this study Bergson inquires into the nature of moral obligation, into the place of religion and the purpose it has served since primitive times, into static religion and its value in preserving man from the dangers of his own intelligence; into dynamic religion or mysticism as a manifestation of the life force and a means of producing man's forward leap beyond the limits of the closed society for which nature intended him and into the open society which is the brotherhood of man. --From publisher's description

Mind-energy, lectures and essays by Henri Bergson(
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2014
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"Mind-Energy brings together Bergson's most important lectures and articles between 1901 and 1913 in the philosophy of mind and the metaphysics of time. This new critical edition makes these important texts available again, using the original authorized translation by H. Wild on Carr, adding a guide to further reading and a new introduction by Bergson specialist Keith Ansell Pearson."--BOOK JACKET

Œuvres by Henri Bergson(
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2001
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Enth.: Essai sur les données ... <Gesammelte Werke>

Laughter : an essay on the meaning of the comic by Henri Bergson(
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1911
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2013
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"It may be pointed out that the essay on Laughter originally appeared in a series of three articles in one of the leading magazines in France, the Revue de Paris. This will account for the relatively simple form of the work and the comparative absence of technical terms. It will also explain why the author has confined himself to exposing and illustrating his novel theory of the comic without entering into a detailed discussion of other explanations already in the field. He none the less indicates, when discussing sundry examples, why the principal theories, to which they have given rise, appear to him inadequate. To quote only a few, one may mention those based on contrast, exaggeration, and degradation"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)

Henri Bergson key writings by Henri Bergson(
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2002
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This volume brings together generous selections from his major texts: Time and Free Will, Matter and Memory, Creative Evolution, Mind-Energy, The Creative Mind, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion and Laughter. In addition it features material from the Melanges never before translated in English, such as the correspondence between Bergson and William James. The volume will be an excellent textbook for pedagogic purposes and a helpful source book for philosophers working across the analytic/continental divide

The philosophy of poetry: the genius of Lucretius by Henri Bergson(
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1959
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2014
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<DIV>This is a partial translation by Wade Baskin of the original French work <I>Ecrits et Paroles</I> (a 3 volume set, 665 pages) published between 1957 and 1959 by Henri Bergson.<BR /> It includes the translation from Bergson's introduction to a French ed. of <I>De rerum natura</I>, by Lucretius published in 1884 under the title: <I>Extraits de Lucre`ce</I>.<BR /></DIV>

Dreams by Henri Bergson(
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2012
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What are dreams and why do we have them? In this 1913 work, the Nobel Prize-winning philosopher finds similarities between dreaming and waking life, while exploring the roles of perception and memory. He also explains the causes of common dreams, with an eye towards what might help readers interpret their own dreams

Selections from Bergson by Henri Bergson(
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1949
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The meaning of the war, life & matter in conflict by Henri Bergson(
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1914
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2014
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3
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The events leading up to the outbreak of World War I galvanized early-twentieth-century thinkers and intellectuals, prompting many to revisit the political and philosophical causes and implications of armed conflict. The Meaning of War is derived from the text of a talk that Henri Bergson, an important French philosopher, delivered to the president and key government officials in December 1914

Écrits et paroles; textes by Henri Bergson(
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1957
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1962
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4
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